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UNESCO i-WSSM's research agenda on water and gender, anchored in GWSI, WWDR, and field experience from the Laos Regional Office.
Through GWSI and WWDR, the international community has consistently highlighted gender as a core dimension of water security. i-WSSM extends this agenda into practice through its field network — including the Laos Regional Office.
Jointly published by UNESCO i-WSSM and UNESCO IHP, the GWSI series addresses water security and gender equality as a core theme, setting out the international agenda for the active participation of women across the water management cycle.
UN-Water's WWDR has repeatedly spotlighted water and gender as a key agenda. i-WSSM connects WWDR's gender-disaggregated data, case studies and policy recommendations with GWSI to inform research and education activities at home and abroad.
Hosted within the National University of Laos, the i-WSSM Laos Regional Office runs gender-responsive water management capacity-building programs with women researchers and practitioners across the Mekong basin, translating GWSI findings into on-the-ground practice.
Core messages that recur across the GWSI series on water and gender.
Water security is not merely a technical challenge; it is a social question about who participates in decisions, who fetches the water, and who carries the sanitation burden.
— UNESCO GWSI / WWDR
Continue with the i-WSSM networks, partnerships, and field activities that underpin our water-and-gender agenda.